This is my poem for Willow’s Tanka Tuesday poem which you can read here: Spring buds blooming, birds constructing, hadeda ahead – brooding bright birds, colourful flowers, creating, spr…

Happy Thursday everyone and welcome to another week of wonderful of doors. This week I am showing a few doors from our new neighbourhood, Mascot and surrounding areas. As always, let me know if you…

Tomorrow is the 1st of October and the beginning of Halloween month. Although Halloween is not celebrated in southern Africa, I have always enjoyed dark and macabre stories and so I love joining in…

Another terrific reading month and delighted to recap my recommendations for September 2026. Whilst I was laid up my husband passed along three books from his extensive library he has accumulated b…

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Welcome, all. This is a writing post, but it’s also part of Dan Antion “Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge” (CFFC).  The topic this week is “where,…

This is my poem for Willow’s Tanka Tuesday poem which you can read here: Spring buds blooming, birds constructing, hadeda ahead – brooding bright birds, colourful flowers, creating, spr…

I wrote letters home to my parents every week during our two years living in Texas… it was an adventure and we met incredible people who greeted us with open arms… and some became frien…

Where/What/When We Work — CFFC

I work at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester Virginia. WMC is a relatively small hospital that covers a large area. We have 495 beds, and serve 400,000 people, in the northern Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, extending to the Eastern Panhandle and Potomac Highlands of West Virginia. WMC is recognized as a Level II trauma center, providing critical services to a combined total of 13 counties across both Virginia and West Virginia.

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Today, I randomly opened Detour on the Eternal Road to page 63 and, with my eyes closed, pointed to the page. The word nearest my finger was “responsible.” That is our prompt today. Res…

Over the years I have been saving funnies from my various social media platforms and particularly Facebook… some from members of our writing community and I hope they don’t mind if I sh…

Global Street Art faces Toronto Street Art With Special Guest ★ Brian at Equinoxio ★ supplying all pics not Toronto If the faces are in a Compare Image then the one from Brian is always on the left…

This week marks the anniversary of the first hot air balloon launch in Versailles, France, in 1783. Since this was the beginning of man’s desire to fly, you must go. Please take this list wi…

Today we are going to the cornhole tournament in Lakeway. We are catered by François of Austin, and our entertainment is Queen.   Menu Boneless Wagyu – Short Ribs Bourguignon – bac…

Over the years I have been saving funnies from my various social media platforms and particularly Facebook… some from members of our writing community and I hope they don’t mind if I sh…

Sometimes understanding the inner workings of the coffee machine is difficult, given its expressionless exterior. The machine certainly has inner quirks that show up as a lack of performance. For e…

Saturday, September 26, 2026 Hello, everyone.  The Osho Zen Tarot is among the decks of cards that I’ve had for the most years.  (Only two or three came before it, and all were during a time when “…

“Tempeste. What are you doing over there?” “I’m thinking there was some kind of wild animal that came through here.” “Wild animal? What kind of wild animal?&#822…

Over the years I have been saving funnies from my various social media platforms and particularly Facebook… some from members of our writing community and I hope they don’t mind if I sh…

Bjorn’s d’Verse challenge is to write above a pilgrimage. You can join in here: Heather’s W3 challenge this week is to write an ode to something in nature. You can join in here: T…

Happy Thursday everyone and welcome to another week of wonderful doors. This week I thought it would be fun to show some of my favourite open doors. As always, please let me know if you have a favo…

Today I randomly opened The Last Drive to page 181. With my eyes closed, I pointed to the page. The word closest to my finger is “Shines.” That is our prompt today. Shines by John W. Ho…

This post was published on September 9th, 2019. Since we still take elevators, I think it might be useful Top Ten Things Not to Do in an Elevator 10 If you are in an elevator after inspecting the i…

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Welcome to the round up of posts you might have missed this week on Smorgasbord. I hope you have had a good week… We are now into autumn and it looks quite colourful now our greenery is back …

The cofee (whoops. A typo) machine stands like a beacon in the post-apocalyptic world of my head during caffeine withdrawal. The steady flow of soothing elixir brings appetizer-like aromas that pro…

Saturday, September 19, 2026 Hello, everyone.   It’s here!  International Talk Like a Pirate Day (September 19th).  So I’m having a blog party.  All aboard, me hearties! Pirates had a p…

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“What is that thing, Twiggy?” “It’s a window Bot.” A window bot? What kind of crazy is that?” “Dad-kind of crazy. He’s tired of paying to have window…

Happy Thursday everyone and welcome to another week of wonderful doors. This week I am showing some of my remaining doors from our trip to Launceston, Tasmania at the beginning of the year. As alwa…

Thursday, September 17, 2026 Hello, everyone.   Today I’m announcing my own little book.  It’s my latest non-fiction “Speak” book.  I started it a couple of years ago, with …

September 16, 2026 Dan is back with a winning combination: cool reporter Rascal Todd, a museum, murders  — what more could we ask?  Oh, a cat? Well that’s covered too because Bonkers is…

Hi everyone, it’s Robbie Cheadle here with you today with the September post in the Famous Artworks series on LatinosUSA – English Edition. This post is another collaboration with the wonderful Res…

Stuck in a writing slump? Discover how flash fiction prompts and a 40‑year-old memory led to “The Most Beautiful Woman in the World.”

I have been experimenting in the kitchen recently as I spend less time in front of the screen and because I was becoming concerned about the actual ingredients in some of the big name dark chocolat…

Today, I randomly opened Eternal Road – The final stop to page 111. With eyes closed, I pointed to the page. The word nearest my finger is “Wringer,” which is our prompt. Wringer …

“So why are some toys out in the backyard?” “Dad tossed them out here. He said it is cool enough to play in the yard.” “I don’t remember giving anyone permission…

COMMISERATIONS TO ALL MY AMERICAN FRIENDS, ON THIS 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11 Looks like this underpass art will take 1 more post to complete. MEDĒIO is the artist, and he was so lovely. Monkyi whose…

Since August marks the anniversary of the first income tax’s establishment in 1861, I thought it would be fun to travel back and take in the atmosphere of what must have been an eventf…

“The idea we don’t articulate is how intimately our lives today are connected to people who haven’t even been born yet.” “Those things we don’t pay attention to, like plastic pens, cell phones, or …